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15 August 2019 : Case report  Japan

Tumor-to-Tumor Metastasis: Pulmonary Carcinoid Metastasizing to Solitary Fibrous Tumor

Rare disease

Yutaka Shishido1DEF, Akihiro Aoyama1E*, Shigeo Hara2E, Hiroshi Hamakawa1E, Yutaka Takahashi1E

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.917139

Am J Case Rep 2019; 20:1205-1209

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Tumor-to-tumor metastasis is an uncommon phenomenon in which a primary tumor metastasizes into another tumor.

CASE REPORT: An 81-year-old Asian woman was referred to our hospital for evaluation and treatment of a solid mass in the right middle lung lobe that had rapidly enlarged for 1.5 years compared to that observed over the last 5 years. On computed tomography (CT), the mass was 68×60 mm, and 2 different tumors appeared to exist in the upper portion of the mass. Blood examination findings revealed high serum levels of progastrin-releasing peptide and neuron-specific enolase. Based on the radiographic course of the tumor and elevated levels of tumor markers, we suspected that a new malignant tumor, such as a neuroendocrine tumor, had developed dorsally adjacent to the benign tumor. CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of the lung indicated a solitary fibrous tumor (SFT), which did not lead to the diagnosis of another tumor adjacent to the original tumor. Therefore, a right middle lobectomy was performed. The resected specimen contained 2 different tumors: an SFT and a typical carcinoid without mitosis or necrosis. On microscopic examination, they were separated from each other by normal alveolar tissue. In addition, a typical carcinoid was also observed inside the SFT lesion, completely enclosed by the SFT tissue. These findings suggested that the carcinoid metastasized to the SFT in the same lung lobe.

CONCLUSIONS: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a pulmonary typical carcinoid metastasizing to an intraparenchymal SFT.

Keywords: Carcinoid Tumor, Solitary Fibrous Tumors, Aged, 80 and over, Image-Guided Biopsy, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923